The Gash is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their record The Soft Bulletin. Opening up with a very epic sounding introduction comprised of interesting instrumentation and a powerful vocal section from Coyne, The Gash soon transitions into a piano-led section before the drums come in …

Immersion is the latest album by the Australian born drum and bass band, Pendulum. I’ve been a fan since the start, before they became a household name and saw them live last night actually!
The album itself is simply fantastic. It’s as if Hold Your Colour and In Silico …

Revenga is a song by System Of A Down which appears on the first half of their double record Mezmerize/Hypnotize. Revenga opens up with some clean sustained guitar chords played above a pounding kick drum rhythm. The song then transitions into a much faster and more aggressive section which …

The album that real defines Heavy Rock N Roll for me is the Album Women And Children First by Van Halen. You can really tell it is going to be an awesome experience listening to it just by the album art work that displays the whole band and the …

Overview —“ Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols, the first and only album put out by The Sex Pistols, is an album that I am now just starting to see why is considered so influential and why The Sex Pistols are so highly praised. Before re-listening to …

I was in the passenger seat of a car with my aunt when I was listening to the song, “Life is Beautiful” by Sixx am. It was nearing the end of August, and I was looking at the way the sun was shining through the trees; the fleeting company …

Rhyme Asylum is a British hip-hop group composed of rappers Possessed, Psiklone and Skirmish. Their debut album, State of Lunacy, a brilliant demonstration of true lyricism, was released in 2008.
State of Lunacy includes sixteen tracks, each one better than the last. Of all the songs on the album, …

R. Kelly
“I Can’t Sleep Baby (If I)”
R. Kelly
Jive/Zomba Recordings
“I Can’t Sleep Baby (If I)” is the fourth and final single and music video from the self-titled album, “R. Kelly”, following “You Remind Me of Something”, “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”, and “Thank God It’s Friday”. This is not …

Following up the lackluster 2006 release “The Information” should not be a difficult thing for loser iconoclast Beck, but “Modern Guilt” is yet another disappointing effort in a period of artistic decline that began with 2005’s “Guero”. It was in 2005 that Beck began to recycle ideas he had …

Kashmir is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their album Physical Graffiti. The track opens up with an extremely famous part which I’m sure most fans of Zeppelin, or even classic rock in general, have heard at some point or another. The part is primarily driven by …

You may remember Danielle White from American Juniors in 2003. I remember that I was a fan of her from the couple episodes I saw, and I was happy for her that she made it into the group. I decided to see if there was anything new …

U.F.O. Story is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their third studio record, Telepathic Surgery. The track opens up with a recording of someone talking about their experience seeing a U.F.O. which goes fittingly with the title of the track, but this does get dragged out …

A couple of years ago Coldplay was possibly one of the most popular alternative rock bands around the world, but even then I didn’t really like them because I was into much more hardcore music at the time. It took me a couple more years and the decline in …

Well, I have been a fan of these guys for a while and when I heard that they were releasing another CD, I kind of had my doubts. I felt that these guys had reached their peaks at just having cellos and distortion effects in their music. But I …

Arise is the fourth album by Sepultura released in 1991, this is a pure thrash metal album before the band started to get weird, many fans call this the bands last great album, and best album. The band traveled to the home of death metal, Florida, to work …

This has got to be the most creative way to ask someone to marry you, but I have to admit that it is a bit weird. But Jagged Edge makes weird sound really good. I know that if someone asked me to marry them like this and they sounded …

I have been a fan of Carrie Underwood since she won American Idol. Every song that she came out with after that I thought was really great and I truly believed that she was bringing country music to a completely different level. People started liking country music more than …

Ciara ft. Missy Elliott
“1, 2 Step”
Goodies
LaFace Records
Director: Benny Boom
“1, 2 Step” is Ciara’s follow-up single and music video to “Goodies” off of the album of the same name, “Goodies”. The song is obviously inspired (extremely inspired, I might add) by 1980s electronic music. In the lyrics, Ciara often describes …

Wrathchild is a track by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Killers. Keep in mind that Killers was still an album where Iron Maiden had Paul Di’anno rather than Bruce Dickinson so the vocals on this track lean far more towards a punk sound rather than an operatic …

This is one of Luke Bryan’s amazing songs on his newest album “tailgates and Tanlines”. The first time I heard this song, I was not sure what exactly I loved about it, but the first time I heard it I really liked it. Usually it takes time for songs …

Tuesday Moon is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the fourth and final track on their EP release, Everything Is. After listening to a mess of noise which was deemed as Aunt Eggma Blowtorch, I’m hoping that this track can return to a slightly more conventional form …

Well, here it is folks….. I am happy to declare that Awaken The Guardian by Fates Warning is one of, if not THE best progressive metal in the history of the genre.
At the moment i am trying to quickly re-listen to each and every one the …

Barry Manilow is one of my very favorite singers. I love his style and his vocal tones. He’s someone you can sing along with, and that’s a quality I like quite a bit. The CD Ultimate Manilow was issued in 2002 by the Arista label.
The booklet that …

In their sophomore effort “Room on Fire”, The Strokes pick up about where things left off. Carrying over from their first album, Gordon Rafael’s decidedly low-fi production (a la Magnetic Fields, Guided By Voices) blends Julian Casablanca’s vocals over the ever-present dueling guitars of Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond, …

There has to be an awful good reason for me wanting to listen to classical type of music. And for that, I am such a great fan since hearing Siempre by IL Divo. These guys are so, so gorgeous, all good looking and definitely very talented. Even …

James Darren: The Best of James Darren CD starts of with Gidget, which is probably my favorite Darren song because it goes back so far and is from the movie I so loved him in. He played Moondoggie, and in my book, there was only one Moondoggie worth …

Time After Time is a song by Cyndi Lauper. The song was recorded back in the 1980s, but it is still such a great hit. Cyndi has another version, which is like an unplugged performance, and it is live. I really prefer this version, but it remains a fact …

I have a cousin who’s crazy and madly deeply in love with High School Musical. He would buy everything and anything he can get his hands on that have High School Musical in it. One time he got himself a copy of K-zone magazine that’s featuring HSM at that …

Overview - A Saucerful Of Secrets, Pink Floyd’s second effort, basically abandons the extremely psychedelic, experimental, and chaotic tone that made their debut record, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, what it was. Although the band still does have some experimental parts, and creative at that, the mood …

The first song I heard off this album was Heads Will Roll. It took place a rather long time ago. I was lying on the sofa, watching TV, MTV, and this song came on. I was probably in my second or third academic year at the university. When I …

“Slaves of Pain” is the sixth song on the thrash masterpiece “Beneath the Remains” by Sepultura. In my personal and humble opinion, this is the best song on the entire album. This song alone showcases almost everything Sepultura has to offer at that point and time in their career. …

Colbie Caillet has recorded the feel good song of the decade with the song “Bubbly”. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you want to feel good, listen to “Bubbly”. It is a love song really, but it doesn’t feel as though it has to be limited to love …

This musical album is really good on several levels. It offers not a single thing to the listener, but it has several good sides.
This album is inspired by stories of Edgar Allan Poe. And in this way it is rather more than a conventional rock record. It should definitely …

Overview - The Doors, the debut record of the band of the same name,
is a nice mix of tracks which showcase the wide range of moods and energies that The Doors can cater to - even within just a single song. Robby Krieger has some nice riffs throughout the …

This Fender value pack includes a shoulder strap, an electric tuner, extra set of strings, a string winder, a soft guitar case, an instructional DVD, and of course, a Fender Dreadnought acoustic guitar.
First off, I was skeptical of the quality of the guitar, but the solid spruce top gives …

Through The Never, another one of the more aggressive songs on The Black Album, isn’t obviously as good as songs from the first four records, but nevertheless another pretty solid track, similar to Holier Than Thou in that respect. Although the vocal melody is pretty catchy on this track …

Corrosion Of Conformity released,”In The Arms Of God,” in 2005.The album is an experimental effort for Peeper Keenan and Company.They have grown from the early days of Southern Metal influence into a diverse band.In The Arms of God features blistering guitar riffs, odd time signatures, and philosophical themes.The band …

Salty Dog is a song by Flogging Molly which appears on their album Swagger. The track starts off fairly quietly with just an acoustic guitar strumming a chord progression and then a fiddle playing a lead over it before the rest of the band comes in to double this …

Ghost is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their second release, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. Opening with a quick acoustic guitar strumming pattern, a fuzzy rhythm soon enters the mix which gives Ghost a slightly heavier feeling and a more interesting rhythm compared to …

The Murder Mystery is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their album of the same name. Interestingly enough, I just finished reviewing another track from the same album entitled Beginning To See The Light and I must say that I think these two songs are completely …

Queen, quite simply a legendary band, with the best entertainer of all time fronting the band. An absolute classic that is always played when a sports team wins a trophy in the U.K, is We Are The Champions.
What I love about this song is the very start. The way …

If I had to quickly sum up the song “Jesus of Suburbia” by Green Day, I would have to say that it is a teen angst anthem surrounding the lives lived by most suburban teens.
The song was featured on the “American Idiot” rock opera album and has spawned a …

On your local cable station of VH1 music channel featurers weekly the Vh1 vspot top 20 video countdown which the viewers vote on what videos they think should be played for the week. The show is put together very well and the old emcee Hamer Aileen is great. …

The Ballad Of Ira Hayes is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Dylan. Apparently this song is a cover which is actually something that I was not aware of, but then again, I do remember that at least a few tracks on Dylan were cover …

It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) is a song by Bob Dylan which is the penultimate track on his album Bringing It All Back Home, one of my favorite Dylan albums. I’ll say right now that you should get used to the opening guitar riff you hear on this …

Perhaps the most common opinion, which circulates around the world about the AC / DC, says that the band has not changed since at least the death of the first singer Bon Scott. Considering that this death occurred twenty years ago, and that since that time the team …

I was pleasantly surprised by the original motion picture soundtrack for the newly released Dear John film. It’s a movie that just recently came out on DVD and Blu-Ray, but it’s soundtrack has been around since it first came out in theaters. I wasn’t reminded to buy this soundtrack …

If “4 Minutes” is any indication of how the new Madonna CD is going to sound, I think I’ll pass. While this song, produced and sung by Timbaland, Madonna and Justin Timberlake, has a few catchy beats, it can’t be compared to any of the artists earlier hits. The …

In my opinion, Sebastian Bach is one of the best singers on the planet. His days with Skid Row birthed some of the most memorable vocal performances in modern rock. It’s no secret that he was booted from the Row, and it’s no secret that a reunion …

Triad is a cover performed by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their album Crown Of Creation. Triad opens up with a simple acoustic guitar part, primarily in the right channel, before the rest of the music comes in and establishes a sort of dark yet melodic sound thanks …